Lexington Medical Center and USC to break ground on new nursing facility.

Lexington Medical Center and the University of South Carolina will break ground next week on a new building to train nurses on the hospital campus in West Columbia. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, according to a news release.

This project will grow a public-private partnership between the university's College of Nursing and Lexington Medical Center. A 52,000-square-foot state-of-the-art nursing simulation center and teaching space will be built on the hospital's campus to provide clinical training for the University of South Carolina's growing nursing student population, according to the release.

"Our partnership with the University of South Carolina will ensure that we can help teach skilled, compassionate nurses who want to keep working in South Carolina and take care of our families, friends and neighbors in the future," said Tod Augsburger, president and CEO of Lexington Medical Center. "This partnership will improve the health of our communities for generations."

Lexington Medical Center will build the new nursing facility and provide clinical instructors, while the university will fund equipment needed for the simulation center as well as equipment and furnishings for classroom spaces, according to the release. The new facility is expected to be complete in 2024.

Officials at the university and the medical center say the new nursing...

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